Welcome to the World!!

Is there a baby animal more adorable? Didn't think so. Happy Birthday, little buddy :-] Cannot wait to get back to the Animal Kingdom to celebrate your birthday!

(photo credit)

3:35 minutes of Chattahoochee calmness

Remember the canoe trip I was talking about? Enjoy!

Midmorning nap, perhaps?

Quarter to five in the a.m.~ not my typical wake up time. One can only flip over so many times without hope of going back to sleep before the inevitable starting of the day begins. But hey, insomnia is not so bad when the shore is only two blocks away.

By the looks of it, I was not the only one up early this morning...

Life as of late:

*Was awarded and accepted an amazing academic scholarship

*Drove the longest stretch of nonstop mileage solo

*Moved to another state

*Got a library card for aforementioned new state of residence

*Started Grad School

*Kayaked with giraffes

*Dodged a hurricane

*Saved a hatchling sea turtle

*Watched season one of Big Bang Theory

*Learned how to cut grass with a riding lawnmower

*Ate my first mango

....whew! Hopefully life will slow down a bit~ nah!

Canoe Trip!

As a salute to our successful summer, my coworkers and I took a canoe trip with the Chattahoochee Nature Center. The Chattahoochee provided a wonderfully relaxing educational getaway once again.

Week in Review

Sunday: Spend the last day of being three years old playing frisbee

Monday: Mom turns fifty-three, Conner turns four, and Mike & Emily come to visit

Tuesday: Atlanta adventures to The World of Coca-Cola and The Varsity with Mike & Emily

Wednesday: Breakfast at Panera with my RMP before she sets out for grad school

Thursday: Celebrate a successful and stress-free zoo interview with a wonderful "DMoney & SandyMac" concert at Eddie's Attic where this shout out was taken up by surprise :-]

Friday: Zoo Camp comes to a triumphant, bittersweet close. Eleven weeks + 1250 campers (including eighty-seven Exciting Elephants) + eighteen amazing coworkers = one crazy awesome summer!!

Triple Word Score

What is better than finding Scrabble for sixty-three cents at Value Village? Having all hundred tiles present and accounted for.

Now if I could only align the schedules of and teleport my Scrabble Club to the same zip code...

Check out this incredible homemade outdoor Scrabble board in Ohio:

A Whole New World

This particular photograph blows my mind because it:

• gracefully features a sea turtle
• provides a glimpse into how different yet intimately intertwined the two worlds of land and sea truly are
• is a simply magnificent, revealing photography technique

The vast horizon of the ocean and sky meeting completely, instantaneously stills me. Often I forget there is a whole other world just below the surface.

Check out more "above/below" photos here!